How can anyone but an obnoxious jerk not like Phil Mickelson?

Saturday Night Live had a typically irreverent segment about The Masters golf tournament. Tina Fey, playing one of Tiger Woods' bimbos turned golf analyst, offered a potentially racist but hilarious observation to back up her contention that golf is not a sport.

"News flash," she said (to the best of my memory). "If Asians and Indians can beat black guys, it's not a sport." Excuse me if that is racist. She said it.

Sport or game, the real Masters tournament that finished Sunday will be one of the most memorable ever, ranking with Nicklaus winning when he was too old to win in 1986.

Any golf fan had to pull for Phil Mickelson by the end. He was like the guy in "Caddyshack" who seemed mystically possessed to play lights-out during a big storm. Anyone who thought he liked Tiger Woods has to wonder why after seeing Woods become the most bitter and ungracious fourth-place finisher ever.

Lee Westwood, who finished second, seemed happy for Mickelson. "He's been through hard times recently, and he deserves a break," Westwood said. Tiger Woods showed no sign of thinking of anyone but himself. Some people will say this explains why Tiger Woods is a better golfer than Lee Westwood, but I don't buy it.

Insiders often say most professional golfers dislike Mickelson but like Woods. If so, maybe most professional golfers are obnoxious jerks.

Preview of Tuesday's column: "When was the last time you encountered someone who woke up in metro Detroit on a normal Sunday morning and drove to Jackson for fun?"